Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey'
Re: Fig tree
Carol
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It's a big change in conditions for the plant - especially with the weather like it is this summer. Maybe worth leaving a hosepipe on trickle for it (really almost just dripping overnight) to make it definitely wet enough. Or get some of those clever water devices that fit in a water bottle and trickle the water in.
Posted: Wednesday 25th of July 2018 07:41 PM
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hi, ive recently planted my fig tree outside. Upto this point i had it in a container indoors for a year. ive been watering but am wondering what else i hsould do to ensure it's survival as last week the roots seemed to be showing and the leaves werent looking too healthy. I put more soil around the roots and picked off the leaves that didnt look so good. Is there anything else i should be doing?
the first and last picture is after more soil had been added and the leaves picked and the second pic is how it looked when i realised something was going wrong?
Any advice on how to proceed would be great. thank you
the first and last picture is after more soil had been added and the leaves picked and the second pic is how it looked when i realised something was going wrong?
Any advice on how to proceed would be great. thank you
Posted: Wednesday 25th of July 2018 01:07 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 01:16 AM
Re: Re: Re: Re: fig planting
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Kathy, what compost should be used when replanting the fig tree?
Geraldine
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Posted: Thursday 5th of July 2012 09:42 PM
Re: Re: Re: fig planting
Kathy N
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Hi, Dave,
You'll want to pot up every year or so until you have reached the max size pot you want - the larger the better in this case. After the max size is reached, root prune every 3-4 years which means (and this can be tricky) removing the plant from the pot and pruning no more than 1/3 of the root ball. Use as sharp a tool as you can (just sharpened secateurs or a sharp knife) because you want clean cuts. Roots heal better from clean cuts rather than jagged ones. Remove really thick roots that look like they are starting to coil inside the pot. You want to encourage more root hairs - the really fine hairs that actually do all the moisture/nutrient absorption. Renew compost. Root prune in early spring as buds just begin to swell.
All the best,
Kathy C
You'll want to pot up every year or so until you have reached the max size pot you want - the larger the better in this case. After the max size is reached, root prune every 3-4 years which means (and this can be tricky) removing the plant from the pot and pruning no more than 1/3 of the root ball. Use as sharp a tool as you can (just sharpened secateurs or a sharp knife) because you want clean cuts. Roots heal better from clean cuts rather than jagged ones. Remove really thick roots that look like they are starting to coil inside the pot. You want to encourage more root hairs - the really fine hairs that actually do all the moisture/nutrient absorption. Renew compost. Root prune in early spring as buds just begin to swell.
All the best,
Kathy C
Posted: Tuesday 6th of March 2012 07:47 PM
Re: Re: fig planting
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Cheers kathy advise is well appreciated any advise on root pruning time scale.
I am told the fig is only about 3>4 foot in height atm so thinking of root pruning say first one in afew years ?And im guessing this proceedure just means cutting through say afew inches in from the perimeter of the barrel planter and remove old and renew soil and compost!And would there be a best time to do this meaning in the spring time or after fruits are harvested. thanks in advance:)
I am told the fig is only about 3>4 foot in height atm so thinking of root pruning say first one in afew years ?And im guessing this proceedure just means cutting through say afew inches in from the perimeter of the barrel planter and remove old and renew soil and compost!And would there be a best time to do this meaning in the spring time or after fruits are harvested. thanks in advance:)
Posted: Thursday 1st of March 2012 08:10 AM
Re: fig planting
Kathy N
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Hi, Dave,
Probably not the best idea to add anything to the pot - you don't want your fig to compete with anything else for nutrients and water. It needs all you can give it to grow and produce the healthy fruit you want - especially since it will be grown in a pot. Also, whilst it is possible to grow a fig in a container, 'Brown Turkey' will get large. Over time, it will need root pruning to keep it happily growing in a container.
Kathy C
Probably not the best idea to add anything to the pot - you don't want your fig to compete with anything else for nutrients and water. It needs all you can give it to grow and produce the healthy fruit you want - especially since it will be grown in a pot. Also, whilst it is possible to grow a fig in a container, 'Brown Turkey' will get large. Over time, it will need root pruning to keep it happily growing in a container.
Kathy C
Posted: Monday 27th of February 2012 09:45 PM
fig planting
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hi all thinking of planting 1 of these into half barrel planter and train up against wall south westerly facing! any ideas on other plants that can accompany the planter until it matures basic garden is of a cottage informal planting scheme! any ideas and advise on this would be welcomed thanks in advance
Posted: Sunday 26th of February 2012 05:50 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 01:23 AM
Re: Ficus carica losing leaves
Valerie Munro
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Hi Steve
I does sound as if the plant has dried out in its pot. Alas, this can happen with alarming speed, especially when the weather is as hot as it has been recently. Dried out soil is extremely difficult to re-wet, and if you were to play the hose over the pot, all that would happen is that the water would scoot across the top of the soil, find the (inevitable) space between the side of the pot and the now-shrunken soil ball and pour out of the bottom of the pot. If you are not aware of what has happened, you will think that the plant has had sufficient water!
My trick to rehydrate the soil is to use a bucket of water to which you can add a few squirts of non-detergent washing up liquid. Then you can flush the 'bubbles away with two or three buckets of clean water.
Then I would follow this up with a de-stressing solution of 1 litre of water to which you have added (and dissolved) 6 teaspoons of normal household granulated sugar.
The yellow leaves will probably continue to drop, but you could stop other green leaves from following suit.
Good luck!
Auntie Planty
www.auntieplanty.co.uk
I does sound as if the plant has dried out in its pot. Alas, this can happen with alarming speed, especially when the weather is as hot as it has been recently. Dried out soil is extremely difficult to re-wet, and if you were to play the hose over the pot, all that would happen is that the water would scoot across the top of the soil, find the (inevitable) space between the side of the pot and the now-shrunken soil ball and pour out of the bottom of the pot. If you are not aware of what has happened, you will think that the plant has had sufficient water!
My trick to rehydrate the soil is to use a bucket of water to which you can add a few squirts of non-detergent washing up liquid. Then you can flush the 'bubbles away with two or three buckets of clean water.
Then I would follow this up with a de-stressing solution of 1 litre of water to which you have added (and dissolved) 6 teaspoons of normal household granulated sugar.
The yellow leaves will probably continue to drop, but you could stop other green leaves from following suit.
Good luck!
Auntie Planty
www.auntieplanty.co.uk
Posted: Sunday 8th of August 2010 05:58 PM
Ficus carica losing leaves
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Hello, I have a fig tree in a large pot and just this past month it has been losing it leaves. They turn yellow and fall. I give it plenty of water and it has been mulched with a good compost earlier this year. Does anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong ? Thanks in advance.
Posted: Sunday 8th of August 2010 01:22 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 12:36 AM